SORCERESS (formerly known as Funkommunity) is a 5-piece band from New Zealand. Their 2011 debut album Chequered Thoughts
received worldwide acclaim and saw the band tour Europe and Japan the
following year. Fast forward to 2014, and the band announced a new name:
SORCERESS and a new studio album: DOSE.
While previous works were influenced by J Dilla-inspired future soul
and R&B, the new album sees their sound evolve, fusing elements of
Deep Electronic Soul, Afrobeat, and Dance Music. DOSE retains
their distinctive sonic texture, but also projects more movement while
going deeper into the source of the music. Experienced in headphones or a
club/festival context, Sorceress traverses the boundaries between audio
intimacy and the bass driven rhythms of the dancefloor.
The creative duo at the core of Sorceress is producer/band leader Isaac Aesili and vocalist Rachel Fraser.
Isaac Aesili's production provides a diverse and sonically rich
soundscape from which the charismatic vocals of Rachel Fraser weave
through both light and dark lyrical themes. Crafted over the period of a
year, the album includes collaboration with Sorceress' guitarist Daniel
Ryland. Other musicians involved in the sessions include fellow Kiwis
Julien Dyne, Marika Hodgson, Tom Broome, Jonathan Crayford, Steph Brown
and Cam Allen.
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